I Hope You Dance!

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Recently I have taken up dancing! It is great exercise and a lot of fun. I have been working on The Zumba ~ which is a Brazilian Folk Dance that has been popularized as an exercise routine. My plan is to dance the Zumba as I usher the New Year in, on the streets of Brazil this year ~ still need some practice.

Of course I am using dancing more as a metaphor ~ as a way of saying life is meant to be savored and lived ~ we were never supposed to sit on the sidelines. Too many times people become so involved in their “routines” that they forget to take time out for fun. Sometimes we become a bit complacent ~ almost robotic.

There is a difference between existing and living. Existing is continuing in the same routine day after day ~ go to work ~ come home watch TV ~ yard work on the weekend. All of which are important tasks. To truly live it is important to nurture the “child within” by making time for play ~ for fun stuff ~ for a change of routines. Yes there has to be balance ~ but balance does not mean to sit on the sidelines.

The Universe/God wants our lives to be fulfilling ~ He wants us to take chances, to laugh and play. The physical and mental bodies were engineered for challenges ~ for stretching to higher limits ~ not for being wallflowers.

What is your passion? Are you pursuing it? If not, why aren’t you? To truly feel alive ~ chase your passion ~ if you are physically unable to go after it ~ choose another that you can chase.

My challenge to you is:

1) Make a list of 5 things that you used to enjoy ~ that remain realistic.
Between each item leave three or four lines to write.
2) Make a list of 5 things you always wanted to do ~ that are realistic. Leave 3 or 4 lines between each item.
3) Now write the “excuses” as to why you are not doing these activities.
4) Now mentally eliminate the excuses.
5) Formulate a plan to start doing some of these activities (even if it just one) on a regular basis for a month.
6) Take notes in a journal about how you feel after doing these activities.
7) DANCE!


TO WANT; TO HAVE

By John Klopfer


To want; to love, to live
but to never have
this is the plight of many

To be born only to live…..
live and no more
live with no meaning or cause

To live with no meaning is …
not to live; and
not living; is to simply die

To inhale; but not to breath
to exist; to die
to listen, but to never hear

To speak, but never be heard
cry with no comfort
freedom bound in bondage

Peace that isn’t true
this is the plight of many
to have, to waste

Ability that will never be used
thoughts that will never be spoken
to exist, to die

Freedom only in bondage
cry with no comfort
to live, to live, to love

To want, to have
this is the plight of so few
to live with cause and meaning

To live; and more
to enjoy being alive, to live
to celebrate yourself, your life

To be at peace
to be joyously alive
to want to LIVE!
this is the plight of so few